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Being the Ricardos
2021 2h 12m R
Biography
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Drama
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History
6.5
68%
75%
65%
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Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers--and another that could end their marriage.
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Directed By
Aaron Sorkin
Written By
Aaron Sorkin
Studio
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Cast of Being the Ricardos
Nicole Kidman
Lucille Ball
Javier Bardem
Desi Arnaz
J.K. Simmons
William Frawley
Nina Arianda
Vivian Vance
Tony Hale
Jess Oppenheimer
Alia Shawkat
Madelyn Pugh
Jake Lacy
Bob Carroll Jr.
Linda Lavin
Older Madelyn Pugh
Ronny Cox
Older Bob Carroll
John Rubinstein
Older Jess Oppenheimer
Clark Gregg
Howard Wenke
Nelson Franklin
Joe Strickland
Jeff Holman
Roger Otter
Jonah Platt
Tip Tribby
Christopher Denham
Donald Glass
Brian Howe
Charles Koerner
Ron Perkins
Macy
Baize Buzan
Mary Pat
Matt Cook
1st AD
Joshua Bednarsky
PA Bill
Dana Lyn Baron
Miss Rosen
Dan Sachoff
David Levy
Max Silvestri
David Hart
Renee Pezzotta
Italian Woman
Breanna Wing
Chorus Girl Angie
Caroline Anderson
Chorus Girl Daisy
Jamie Miller
Chorus Girl Patty
Gail Rastorfer
Dresser
Russ Burd
Irwin Gotlieb
Guido Cocomello
Italian Bellman
John Funk
J. Edgar Hoover (voice)
Angela Leib
Koerner's Secretary
David Saenz
Musician Outside CIro's
Stephanie Lesh-Farrell
Radio Show Katy
Ron Ostrow
Radio Show Man
Pamela Bell Mitchell
Radio Show Woman
Lawrence Novikoff
Sam Stein
Jack Benza
Security Guard Bobby
Peter Onorati
Vittorio
Evie Nicholson
Woman Outside Ciro's
Rick Batalla
Tommy Wardrobe
John F. Carpenter
Radio Show Announcer
Melinda Sullivan
Ann Miller
Gus Lynch
Camera B Focus Puller
Allan Wayne Anderson
Camera C Focus Puller
David Jonathan Fine
Boom Operator
Val Chmerkovskiy
Ciro's Dancer
Asiel Hardison
Ciro's Dancer
Reina Hidalgo
Ciro's Dancer
Will Loftis
Ciro's Dancer
Noelle Marsh
Ciro's Dancer
Leo Moctezuma
Ciro's Dancer
Nayara Núñez
Ciro's Dancer
Britt Stewart
Ciro's Dancer
Eddie Torres Jr.
Ciro's Dancer
Jenna Johnson
Ciro's Dancer
James Patrick Duffy
Man #1
Emily Marsh
Woman #1
Cece Camps
Woman #2
Daniel Armella
Stagehand
Molly Meyer
Waitress
Shiree Nelson
Studio Staffer
Christian Roberts
Camera A Focus Puller
Chris Wolfe
Announcer
Being the Ricardos Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
In typical Aaron Sorkin style, the whip-smart drama packs years of turmoil into one compelling week.
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Dwight Brown
Kidman's interpretation of Ball is as ingenious as it is emotionally nuanced. Sorkin's most balanced writing/directing effort ever.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
An uneven love letter to Lucy, but fans of TV history will find it rewarding.
Boston Globe
Mark Feeney
Like the title characters and the performances that go with them, "Being the Ricardos" has real zip. It's a virtue of Sorkin's tendency to glibness.
Baltimore Magazine
Max Weiss
It's fun -- particularly to see such accomplished actors embodying the roles. But it feels shallow and showy.
America Magazine
John Anderson
Kidman is a first-rate, Oscar-winning actress; her Lucille Ball is a fully realized character... The problem is, Sorkin's Ball ends up being so unlikable you don't want to spend this much time with her.
Salon.com
Gary M. Kramer
Most of "Being the Ricardos" lacks the magic it is trying to capture.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Jason Bailey
With Sorkin the writer also serving as director, Being the Ricardos was doomed from the start.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Tim Cogshell
While it's meant to be about these iconic figures in television history, the real icon who comes through most of all is Aaron Sorkin.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Peter Rainer
Certainly worth seeing... It's more performance than mimicry, but it's pretty staid in direction.
NPR
Aisha Harris
There's enough grounding and commitment in the performances of Kidman, Bardem, and the rest of the cast to keep things interesting, especially if you don't know or care too much about the actual facts involving Lucy and Desi's lives and careers.
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
I'm not a fan of show-business biopics, on the whole. Being the Ricardosis a rare exception because of two key participants: Nicole Kidman and writer-director Aaron Sorkin.
Fox 10 Phoenix
Caroline Siede
A sparky, spiky, bittersweet [film] that's at once big in scale, small in focus and steeped in the rhythms of Sorkin's best work.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
At a certain point, however, you really wish the film would stop 'splaining its creator's viewpoints and start actually being about its subjects.
RogerEbert.com
Tomris Laffly
A complex, enjoyable gamble that comes with a big bright smile and something a touch darker underneath it, much like the larger-than-life heroine at its heart.
The Jewish Chronicle
Linda Marric
Kidman delivers a truly outstanding performance from start to finish.
TIME Magazine
Stephanie Zacharek
If Lucy and Ricky seemed average, in a 1950s way, on TV, Being the Ricardos shows exactly how un-average the performers who played them were.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
[Being the Ricardos] is nothing if not ambitious but a frustrating sprawl, what with multiple themes, incessant flashbacks and a faux-documentary framework that feels faux from the very first frames.
ABC News
Peter Travers
Sorkin distills what made Lucille Ball a comedy legend and a prickly feminist pioneer into one tumultuous week of filming "I Love Lucy." If you thought Kidman would be all wrong as the fire redhead, won't you be surprised-she's all-stops-out fabulous.
Ty Burr's Watch List
Ty Burr
Nicole Kidman is good at many things, but comedy isn't one of them.
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